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Not yet! It's turned cold and rainy, which slows me down. Your eager helpfulness makes me feel guilty. I don't have indoor workspace or even a dry place to get under it right now. I don't like it, but I can drive anywhere without that brake. My late parents' cars (always manual shift) almost never h...

Thanks to your beautiful photos, I see now how much easier it would be if I could unmount the lever! Ultimately I may have to break off the other three bolts, do the threading, then remount with new bolts and nuts. That could be what a so-called professional mechanic would do. If there IS a 2nd tab,...

Internet glitch surmounted - who knows how? Now I see your photos, THANK YOU for doing that for me. Looks like there's just one tab, which is all I can see on my assembly w/o taking it apart. I have bent that tab out so threaded shaft fits in easily from wrong direction. Maybe I didn't bend it enoug...

My browser + the tercel4wd website say I don't have permission to see Jimcrazy's photos!
So I still don't know whether they show one or two tabs.
If the answer is one: I've opened that one but still don't get thru.
I'll be looking for a 2nd tab tomorrow.

I really appreciate you guys’ coaching on this. As regards the new part: the old nuts fit perfectly on it, so clearly there’s no difference in shaft diameter. I don’t think the minuscule difference in shaft length is my problem right now, because it’s not reaching the end of the straight channel. As...

Progress report: I'm sorry to say that your advices have not worked, at least not yet, for me. I love that car, but several hours underneath it have tested that love pretty hard. I have no problem starting the cable into the lever's tunnel, but it stops short of the goal. From above, I can see the t...

You've heard from me before, when I had trouble replacing the right-rear brake cable. That's done now! Well, this time the front section snapped! I've got the old part off! I have the new part to install. (Hard to find! It cost $15.xx and tax.) It matches the old part! Problem: So far I haven't succ...

It’s taken a long time for me to dive in, but much thanks to your advice, it’s fixed now. Here’s my report: The hard part was disconnecting the panel cover’s two left-end connectors. The smaller one finally gave way easily after I discovered, with a mirror, that my tiny screwdriver was in the wrong ...

Job still not done! I've procrastinated! The weather is no longer an impediment here, so I got the cover off and once again confronted those connectors. It's embarrassing; before I reached my 70s, friends used to think I was Mr Fixit. Which side have you been releasing? I've been squeezing the tabs ...

Just a finger pinch? Maybe I tried the wrong way. I could see that one side had a small protrusion, so I pinched that side against its opposite, but in vain. I also tried to pinch it harder using pliers, also in vain. I'll try in the other direction now.

OK, the weather finally warmed up! Removing those screws does indeed release the cover. However, it doesn't help me disconnect the four connectors. The two 7-pin connectors were fairly obvious, and I released them. But the two 4-pin connectors have not revealed to my simple mind their secret for rel...

Good news (for me at least): a few drops of Singer Sewing Machine Oil clear the problem for at least 45 days. That comes from a tiny little dropper-can. Much easier to apply than using a spray can, and a lot less expensive to boot! I did it from above on a subfreezing winter day with high winds.

Wow! I am blessed! You guys got right on the case and what an exchange! My 85 has PS and the tilt feature, so I start from there. I had already checked the PS fluid. Simply seeing that you all appear to agree it's most likely the U-joint itself, I am relieved. As I mentioned, the problem comes and g...

Hello once again my friends, with another problem this time: my steering has gradually stiffened. My most trusted (or least untrusted) mechanic sprayed something from underneath on what I thought was the u-joint in the steering column. That cleared it up for several months; now it's back. He told me...

OK, I've got the new reman. Mounted and wired. Works fine, the warning lights go out. For me, even that simple installation was hard, but at least I get the satisfaction of a fix.